Mill Of Girlsta, Girlsta

The Mill of Girlsta, built in 1861, is a former commercial grain mill. It consists of a two-storey, two-bay earlier range with a kiln at the south end, and a two-storey and attic granary added to the south, all forming a continuous range oriented north-south. The walls are made of random granite rubble with stugged ashlar dressings, and the later range features harl pointing.

The south gable is symmetrical, featuring two vertically-boarded timber doors at each floor, with the ground and first floor doors set in a tall shared opening. The west elevation is asymmetrical, with bays arranged in a 2-1-3 pattern. The lower two-storey range on the left is regularly fenestrated, with square windows on the first floor. There is a single window below the eaves of the kiln at the centre, and the granary range to the right is also regularly fenestrated, with square windows on the first floor.

The north gable is blank, with squared rubble walls enclosing a pit that contains a cast-iron over-shot waterwheel at the centre, where some timber paddles still survive. The east elevation is asymmetrical, with bays spaced in a 3-1-2 arrangement. The granary range on the left has square windows on the first floor in the left and centre bays, and a loading door in the bay to the right. There is a single window below the eaves of the kiln at the centre, and a window and door in the left and right bays respectively on the first floor of the outer right range.

The mill features six and four-pane fixed-light timber windows on the ground and first floors, respectively. The skew-copes are made of stugged ashlar, and the roofs of the kiln and later range are covered with purple-grey slate.